scatterbrain
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- scatterbrained adjective
Etymology
Origin of scatterbrain
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The recommendation says she was "a bit scatters" - a scatterbrain, in other words.
From BBC
“I’m not the scatterbrain I was. You may trust me. I’m sober and sensible enough for anyone’s confidante now.”
From Literature
“I’m just kind of a scatterbrain that way.”
From Washington Times
On “Soap” she played Jessica Tate, a sex-crazed scatterbrain on a show known for warped characters and deliberately farfetched plots, including alien abduction and demonic possession.
From Reuters
She struck me as so comical, that silly little scatterbrain!
From Literature
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
